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Can I upgrade the Logic board or processor
I have a Powerbook G4 17" with 1 GHz Processor, can I Upgrade it by changing the Logic Board to the 1.67 GHz?
osvaldo, machead3, rj713, and oldturkey03
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mayer
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It appears that your model, the A1013, was the only machine made in that model line. Thus I would say that exchanging logic boards would require case modifications. In fact all of the 17" Aluminum G4s carry their own model numbers. It does not appear to me that any of these machines can exchange logic boards.
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nick
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I do not think it is worth it.
You have a 1GHZ powerbook G4 and you want a 1.67GHZ, with what Apple does to keep you from doing such a thing, you may incur a pretty nasty bill in the end(you may need to replace everything, even the display assembly!)
Honestly, is .67MHZ going to be that much of a difference? It's not going to be, and it may not be noticed either, and these are not dual core, just single core.
I wanted to do this too with my MacBook pro, but I needed a unibody too, and there was no guarantee it would work with my old parts, so i did not try it and kept my 2.66GHZ board(anyone here remember I wanted to do this?)
If you really want this small performance boost, which is minimal or will go unnoticed, buy a used laptop like yours, migrate your stuff and sell the old one, it will be much cheaper and feasible this way
Even still, I think you should keep this one, you will likely not gain enough performance to justify this anyway, if you gain performance doing this